Twisted Minds

Zhang Ye had already tested the power of the Iron Suit. Although it was likely incomparable to the Iron Suit of the main universe, the particle beam was a weapon that, in the memories of Zhang Ye's past life, belonged to the category of devastating armaments that had yet to be fully developed.

However, despite the high combat effectiveness of such a weapon, it was still somewhat lacking when faced with Emma Frost, who had transformed her entire body into diamond.

"Get up, Emma. I know you're fine." Zhang Ye suppressed his anger and stepped forward. "Honestly, when I first saw you in the newspapers, I had already prepared myself mentally. But guess what? I still can't tolerate everything you've done."

"You, of course, wouldn't understand how magnificent my actions are. You are nothing but a member of an inferior species; what right do you have to try and understand my thoughts!" Emma climbed to her feet. At this moment, her entire body had turned into diamond, shimmering in the dim environment.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Ye abruptly pulled a submachine gun from behind his back and opened fire directly at the White Queen. Countless bullets poured out, striking her body with a series of harsh, clanging sounds.

"What's wrong, noble and superior mutant? Is your telepathy not working?" Looking at Emma, who was being suppressed by his firepower, Zhang Ye's tone was filled with mockery.

In his memories, Emma Frost was an anti-hero of the Marvel world. Initially a villain, she helped establish the Hellfire Club and later joined the X-Men. During one major event, she even briefly obtained the Phoenix Force.

With such an impressive resume, Zhang Ye naturally dared not be careless when facing her.

One had to know that Emma Frost was no simple telepath. She possessed telepathic abilities similar to Charles Xavier, and in this regard, she had extremely refined techniques. At the same time, she was considered a "world-class telepath" and an "Omega-level telepath."

In terms of telepathy, even Professor X held her in high regard. Furthermore, she was considered one of the five telepaths on the planet capable of seamlessly altering thoughts.

In the comics, Emma even had a record of defeating Professor X using her telepathic abilities. In a sense, one could say Emma's abilities were even more powerful than Professor X's; it was just that Professor X won out in terms of "popularity" and "frequency of appearances."

Moreover, Emma was also a secondary mutant. In addition to telepathy, she had awakened the ability to turn her entire body into diamond, much like Colossus. This granted her powerful melee capabilities and defensive strength simultaneously, making her even more dangerous.

If one wanted to find her only weakness, it was likely that she could only use one superpower at a time; while in her diamond state, she was unable to use telepathy.

Of course, this information was inferred by Zhang Ye based on the White Queen from other worlds, but in this world, Emma was likely unable to exert even one-tenth of her potential.

"I read almost every news report about you and inquired about a lot of gossip regarding you. What surprised me the most, actually, was that there was even intelligence about you inside Nick Fury's safe house."

Zhang Ye emptied his magazine and then casually put the submachine gun away. He stared at the unscathed White Queen Emma and grinned.

"Who would have thought that the great philanthropist and living saint in the eyes of the public was secretly a madwoman conducting human experiments? Modifying pregnant women and infants, attempting to activate their telepathic abilities... Emma, you can continue to deceive yourself, but you know that no matter what you do, you will never be able to use your telepathy again."

"You're lying!" Emma roared as she stood up, nearly falling over due to her extreme agitation. "I will get it back! I will, I definitely will!"

"Is that so? But how long has it been since you've heard the inner voices of others? Three years? Or five? Or even longer? You are now merely using these pathetic means to control these children. Just as Pietro said, you simply cannot see that their souls have already become entangled with their mental energy, turning them into immortal, emotionless monsters."

Although it was only a guess at first, the intelligence remaining in Nick Fury's safe house confirmed Zhang Ye's thoughts.

The Emma of this world, like Professor X, had awakened telepathy, and their fates were not entirely different: they both developed multiple personality disorder due to receiving too many memories from others. Countless personalities flooded her brain, turning her into a psychiatric patient.

This was a pain that all telepaths likely faced. Although it was mostly glossed over in the comics, it was not without traces; for instance, the Professor X of other universes had once experienced similar incidents.

During a mutant conflict, Wolverine scratched Magneto, which caused a furious Magneto to strike with full force, attempting to extract all the Adamantium from Wolverine's body. This action angered Professor X, who used his telepathic ability to forcibly enter Magneto's mind.

However, this move was met with resistance from the various negative energies within Magneto's mind. Those negative emotions—anger, sadness, and pain—flowed back into Professor X's own head along with the telepathic connection.

This also led Professor X to create an entity that nearly destroyed all the superheroes—Onslaught.

In this world, the impact of this side effect was even more powerful. Almost everyone's mind was filled with various emotions, which nearly caused Emma's brain to be blown apart by the various personalities.

Following that, Emma awakened her diamond-form mutant ability. Whether it was because the two mutant abilities conflicted, from that point on, Emma gradually lost the ability to use telepathy.

At first, it was just that her mind gradually became quiet, but later, she couldn't even actively probe the memories of others. Eventually, Emma completely lost her telepathic ability, leaving only the diamond-form mutant ability.

If it had just ended there, it might have been a good thing for Emma, but the loss of telepathy did not mean her mental illness was cured. Without the suppression of telepathy, those personalities surged out instantly, tormenting Emma's inner self at every moment, even causing her diamond-form ability to lose control.

In the end.

She was driven insane.

She decided to retrieve her abilities, so she set her sights on those newborns and pregnant women. To avoid the eyes of President X and the Avengers, she established churches and orphanages, appeared on television to give speeches, and packaged herself as a benevolent person full of compassion.

Coupled with her exquisite and movingly beautiful face, the politicians and financial groups soon fell at her feet and gave her the green light all the way. No one knew what kind of twisted and bizarre soul was hidden beneath her beautiful exterior.